Captured on film: Lib Tech’s Downtown Throwdown in Boston, MA

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Snowboarding event coverage has turned into a contest in itself: Who will be able to shoot the most action photos to throw into a recap? As you will discover in the photos above, Erik Hoffman took a different approach to Lib Tech’s Downtown Throwdown in Boston, Massachusetts. Film is most certainly not dead. – Jens Heig, Online Editor

Boston — what a town. Its streets painted with unique personalities that tote the pride of their city, that rings in deep “ahhs” and misused “R’s”, as if it were the year 1773 and they had just dealt the deed of relocating thousands of pounds of British tea into the harbor. This past weekend the dismay that the British experienced paralleled that of the snapback wearing, lacrosse stick wielding, Natural Light drinking frat bros which gathered like vultures on a carcass after their shirtless jog through City Hall Plaza was interrupted by the allure of a couple large mounds of snow and a jungle of tents. The snowboard community was in usual form welcoming them with a barrage of product as spectators settled in to observe a strange phenomenon for a City Hall Plaza that you cannot even skate in.

“The Feeders” kicked off the stand up sledding by offering three riders an opportunity to qualify for a cut of the I.O.U.’s that Krush Kulesza so artistically scripted with spray paint onto scrap cardboard. Right coasters Parker Szumowski, Shaun Murphy and Tim Major hiked their way into, well frankly some more hiking. The main event was two hours of Ryan Paul doing flips as he quickly captured the crowds attention with his inverted aerials and snatching eight g’s from other hopefuls and completing his Downtown Throwdown hat trick. Following RP was his brother by city of Jesse Paul (no they’re not actually related) and local Bay Stater Ted Borland.

Despite the fact that Boston’s labyrinth of one way roads may have been laid out by haphazardly scribbling on a map, all the riders made it and Beantown may have just claimed the crown of best Downtown Throwdown to date by drawing a enormous crowd of stoked spectators. Lobbying for an event in Miami has already started for next year. See you in South Beach.

Results:

1. Ryan Paul, $8000
2. Jesse Paul, $5000
3. Ted Borland, $3000
4. Dillon Ojo, $2000
5. Brandon Reis, $1000
Wicked Pissah Best trick: Jeremy Cloutier
Crab Grab $500 seafood dinner: Dillon Ojo

Thank you Snowboy Productions and sponsors adidas Snowboarding, Eastern Boarder, Lib Tech, Windells, Loon Mountain, diecutstickers.com and Dig Boston for putting on yet another amazing Downtown Throwdown.